Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2024-07-02
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Catherine Connolly (IND), Galway West

I do not have much time to reply. Statements are scheduled in the House tomorrow and I will happily elaborate then, if I have the time the Tánaiste has had, on how we have got to this stage and how we ignored an interdepartmental committee in 1997 that came forward with recommendations. The violence is not an epidemic or a pandemic. It is violence mostly by men against women, but also by some women against men.
Specifically, I am asking the Tánaiste why we have to rely on a drip-drip basis to get information. I have asked him specifically about the 68 people he mentioned. What period are we talking about?

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Sitting date: 2024-07-02